List_of_Carnegie_libraries_in_Alabama Knowpia

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Alabama provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Alabama, where 14 public libraries were built from 14 grants (totaling $195,800) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1916. In addition, academic libraries were built at 5 institutions (totaling $94,040).

Anniston

Avondale
Ensley
West End

Bessemer

Eufaula

Gadsden

Huntsville

Montgomery

Selma

Talladega

Troy

Union Springs

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Alabama Carnegie libraries

Key edit

  Building still operating as a library
  Building standing, but now serving another purpose
  Building no longer standing
  Building contributes to a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places

Public libraries edit

	Library	City or town	Date granted	Grant amount	Location	Notes
1	Anniston	Anniston	May 15, 1916	$20,000	Wilmer Ave. & E 10th St. 33°39′25.92″N 85°49′42.27″W / 33.6572000°N 85.8284083°W / 33.6572000; -85.8284083 (Anniston Carnegie library)	Open 1918–1965
2	Avondale	Avondale	Dec 13, 1907	$10,000		Open 1908–1961
3	Bessemer	Bessemer	Feb 13, 1906	$10,000	321 18th St. N 33°24′8.22″N 86°57′16.86″W / 33.4022833°N 86.9546833°W / 33.4022833; -86.9546833 (Bessemer Carnegie library)
4	Decatur	Decatur	Feb 12, 1903	$12,000	207 Church St. NE 34°36′45.11″N 86°58′55.2″W / 34.6125306°N 86.982000°W / 34.6125306; -86.982000 (Decatur Carnegie library)	Open 1904–1976
5	Ensley	Ensley	Mar 25, 1905	$10,000	Corner of Avenue H and 18th St.	Open 1906–1955
6	Eufaula Carnegie Library	Eufaula	Feb 2, 1903	$10,000	217 N Eufaula Ave. 31°53′48.47″N 85°8′44.35″W / 31.8967972°N 85.1456528°W / 31.8967972; -85.1456528 (Eufaula Carnegie library)	Contributing building in Seth Lore and Irwinton Historic District
7	Gadsden	Gadsden	Nov 18, 1903	$10,000	701 Forrest Ave. 34°1′21.17″N 86°2′43.65″W / 34.0225472°N 86.0454583°W / 34.0225472; -86.0454583 (Gadsden Carnegie library)	Open 1906–1964
8	Huntsville	Huntsville	May 8, 1914	$12,500		Open 1916–1966
9	Montgomery	Montgomery	Feb 13, 1901	$50,000	100 S Lawrence St. 32°22′36.71″N 86°18′22.44″W / 32.3768639°N 86.3062333°W / 32.3768639; -86.3062333 (Montgomery Carnegie library)
10	Selma	Selma	Apr 13, 1903	$11,800	912 Selma Avenue 32°24′29.55″N 87°1′18.55″W / 32.4082083°N 87.0218194°W / 32.4082083; -87.0218194 (Selma Carnegie Library)
11	Talladega	Talladega	Feb 13, 1906	$12,500	200 South St. E 33°26′1.63″N 86°5′59.4″W / 33.4337861°N 86.099833°W / 33.4337861; -86.099833 (Talladega Carnegie library)
12	Troy	Troy	Apr 6, 1908	$10,000	306 E Academy St. 31°48′35.82″N 85°58′8.8″W / 31.8099500°N 85.969111°W / 31.8099500; -85.969111 (Troy Carnegie library)
13	Union Springs	Union Springs	Jan 6, 1911	$7,000	103 Prairie St. N 32°8′28.54″N 85°42′57.98″W / 32.1412611°N 85.7161056°W / 32.1412611; -85.7161056 (Union Spring Carnegie library)
14	West End	West End	Feb 1, 1909	$10,000	Tuscaloosa Ave. SW & 13th St. SW 33°29′36.94″N 86°51′12.72″W / 33.4935944°N 86.8535333°W / 33.4935944; -86.8535333 (West End Carnegie library)	Open 1912–1962

Academic libraries edit

	Institution	City or town	Date granted^[1]	Grant amount^[1]	Location	Notes
1	Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University	Normal	Mar 10, 1904	$16,540	Buchanan Way 34°47′5.07″N 86°34′9.75″W / 34.7847417°N 86.5693750°W / 34.7847417; -86.5693750
2	Alabama Polytechnic Institute	Auburn	Mar 27, 1905	$30,000	W. Thatch Avenue 32°36′13.86″N 85°29′1.16″W / 32.6038500°N 85.4836556°W / 32.6038500; -85.4836556 (Mary E. Martin Hall)	Now Martin Hall, houses offices
3	Judson College	Marion	Mar 12, 1906	$12,500		Now Bean Hall, houses Alabama Women's Hall of Fame
4	Talladega College	Talladega	Jan 16, 1904	$15,000		Burned in 1963
5	Tuskegee University	Tuskegee	Dec 20, 1900	$20,000		Open 1901–1932, now houses offices

Notes edit

^ ^a ^b Miller, pp. 38–40

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Anderson, Florence (1963). Carnegie Corporation Library Program 1911–1961. New York: Carnegie Corporation. OCLC 1282382.
Bobinski, George S. (1969). Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-0022-4.
Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-14422-3.
Miller, Durand R. (1943). Carnegie Grants for Library Buildings, 1890–1917. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York. OCLC 2603611.

Note: The above references, while all authoritative, are not entirely mutually consistent. Some details of this list may have been drawn from one of the references (usually Jones) without support from the others.

[Miller-1] Miller, pp. 38–40

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